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Mining Engineer Qualifying Exam


For 10 points answer the following question on today's pop quiz. Theses photo were taken in southern Arizona, somewhere near Ajo.

If you were going to open up a mine here, what kind of mine would it be?:
  1. Anthracite coal.
  2. Gold.
  3. Athabascan tar sand petroleum.
  4. Cobre, copper.
  5. Garlic.

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Unknown said…
How about number 6: None of the above. Looks to me like a boon docker was painting rocks.
January 30, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Unknown said…
I'm going with 4.
January 30, 2012 at 9:22 AM
kaBLOOnie Boonster said…
Cain't ya jes play by the rules? I'll bet you've seen rocks like this a few miles south of where you are camped now, down around the foothills of the Santa Ritas, Sahaurita, Green Valley. And for the same reason.
January 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Paul said…
I'd rake up all those blue speckled rocks and set up a garlic mine. At the farmers market, you can realize $12 to $16 a pound for good garlic.
January 30, 2012 at 12:14 PM
kaBLOOnie Boonster said…
Well, I know of a boondocking RVer who would just love to rake up these rocks, or any rocks for that matter, and smash the big ones into little ones.
January 30, 2012 at 1:21 PM
heyduke50 said…
i am with 4 unless it is turquoise...
January 30, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Unknown said…
Okay. Number 4. Actually, it is probably chalcopyrite -- the ore from which copper is refined.
January 30, 2012 at 6:34 PM
PetDoc said…
I'll say copper...and are any of the choices related to the rock in the picture? :)
Deanna
January 30, 2012 at 7:30 PM
kaBLOOnie Boonster said…
Our Contestants did rather well, except for Wandrin.(grin.) Thankfully nobody chose #5. It is a copper ore, chrysocolla. See the writeup on Wikipedia.
January 31, 2012 at 6:45 AM
Paul said…
Waydaminnit! I did too pick #5. I didn't mean I'd rake up the rocks and use 'em for anything. I meant I'd rake 'em outta the way, so I could open me a garlic mine.

In a garlic mine, you don't have to do much diggin and garlic is worf a whole lot more than copper, these days.
February 1, 2012 at 5:11 PM
kaBLOOnie Boonster said…
OK Paul, have it your way. And here I was thinking that you were just joking.
February 1, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Mary Matzek said…
I think it is copper!
February 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
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